Madison Thomas, 3, daughter of slain rapper Glenn "Doe B." Thomas, sits by a photo of her father on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, during a candlelight vigil for victims of a fatal shooting at Centennial Hill Bar and Grill in Montgomery, Ala.

AP Photo/Mickey Welsh, Montgomery Advertiser

The Associated Press

Published: Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 11:42 p.m.

MONTGOMERY | The owner of a Montgomery bar that was the scene of a fatal shooting over the weekend says she doesn't plan to reopen the business.

City officials closed the Centennial Bar and Grill after rapper Glenn Thomas, 22, known as Doe B., and Kimberle Johnson, a 22-year-old Troy University student, were fatally shot early Saturday. Six others were wounded and were hospitalized in stable condition.

Security officers were supposed to check patrons for firearms, and signs posted at the entrances say that weapons are prohibited, owner of the Centennial Bar and Grill, Nicole Bankhead, told the Montgomery Advertiser.

After the shooting, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board suspended the business' liquor license and Mayor Todd Strange said the city was closing the business immediately.

"I believe it is not a matter of 'if,' but 'when' the next tragic incident occurs at this business," Strange said in a statement. "That is unacceptable, and that is why we have ordered the business to be closed effective immediately."

The newspaper reports the bar and its surrounding area have been the scene of multiple shootings in the past seven years.

The building once housed the Rose Supper Club and the business had its liquor license revoked after six people were shot in December 2012. City Council in September granted a liquor license to Bankhead, who worked as a bartender and manager for the supper club before she opened the Centennial Bar and Grill.

Bankhead said she reopened the business as a bar and grill because she wanted to change the business' atmosphere.

No arrests have been made in Saturday's shooting, and the circumstances are unclear.

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